| From Kakadu National Park to Darwin extends | | | | seen by pre-arranged and guided safari |
| an area known as the 'top end' of Australia. | | | | tours.Several of the more well known ones |
| It is where warm weather, stunning | | | | are: |
| contrasting outback terrain and delicate | | | | |
| vegetation and unique fauna merge, to provide | | | | Guliyambi East Alligator River Cruises - |
| an eco-system vacant of modern society, | | | | which show the stark contrast of the |
| making it another of the great places to stay | | | | landscape and denotes the scenic river |
| in Australia.Water-lilies drift on | | | | settingMagela Cultural and Heritage Tour - |
| billabongs, flocks of magpie geese and | | | | which journeys across isolated and restricted |
| cockatoos hang suspended in thermal currents, | | | | areas and allows you to experience aboriginal |
| with caves and rock faces embellished in | | | | culture at its rawestDreamtime Safaris - Stay |
| ancient aboriginal art becoming artefacts | | | | with the Tablon tribe as they demonstrate |
| from an age passed.Kakadu - owned by the | | | | their way of life in an exclusive luxury camp |
| Aboriginal people - covers approximately | | | | setting which provides alternative |
| 20,000 square kilometres of some of | | | | accommodation |
| Australia's most untamed and alluring | | | | |
| wilderness. Scattered with rainforest | | | | Should you be a collector of rare Aboriginal |
| alcoves, forest swamps and dwarf scrubland, | | | | art, then several art galleries that you can |
| Kakadu is home to some of Australia's most | | | | not afford to miss while in Darwin are |
| exclusive and rare animal species. However, | | | | Aboriginal Fine Arts, Cultural Images, |
| caution must be taken when exploring this | | | | Ampiji, and Indigenous Creations, while |
| magnificent expanse because the crocodiles | | | | Kakadu has The Marrwuddi Gallery and |
| that also live here are occasionally prone to | | | | Warradjan Cultural Centre.Luxury |
| chewing on the odd foolish tourist who | | | | accommodation in the top end includes a |
| doesn't follow their tour guide's safety | | | | tree-top wilderness retreat in the tropical |
| instructions!Ignorant Tourists beware!Climate | | | | rainforests on the shore of Seven Spirit Bay |
| ranges from about 19 degrees celsius in July | | | | and the beachside resort of Skycity in |
| (dry-season) and up to a maximum of about 30 | | | | Darwin.Simply Lush ( can direct you to either |
| degrees, with a minimum of 25 degrees in | | | | of these spots, and others still, with the |
| January (wet-season) and up to 32 degrees | | | | click of a provides reviews of some of the |
| maximum.Two of the easiest-to-get-to rock-art | | | | very best luxury accommodation in Australia. |
| sites are Ubirr and Nourlangie Rock, with | | | | If you'd like to see some of the spectacular |
| many of the paintings being over 60,000 years | | | | Aboriginal Art in the top end of Australia, |
| old. Luxury travel in the top end is via 4WD | | | | check out the accommodation options available |
| with some of the most stunning sites to be | | | | in the Northern Territory at Simply Lush. |